Followed by
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV)
Version of
Home Alone (1991) (VG)
Spin off
Home Alone (1991) (VG)
References
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- The family watches a French version of the film while stuck in Paris.
The Third Man (1949)
Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki (1969)
Straw Dogs (1971)
"Second City TV" (1976)
The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
- In a deleted scene Kevin is standing against a bedroom door waiting for Uncle Frank to get out of the bathroom, the bedroom door has an "Incredible Melting Man" poster on it.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Harry grabs a hot doorknob and cools his hand in the snow. His hand shows an impression of the doorknob. This mimicks what happens to the Gestapo agent with the staff headpiece.
A Christmas Story (1983)
RoboCop (1987)
Referenced in
"Cheers: Home Malone (#9.24)" (1991)
- title reference
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Just Infatuation (#1.24)" (1991)
- Mentioned by Lee.
"Growing Pains: Home Malone (#7.10)" (1991)
- title reference
"Married with Children: Kelly Does Hollywood: Part 2 (#6.10)" (1991)
- Bud pretends to be "the guy from 'Home Alone'" and does the famous gesture twice.
Grand Canyon (1991)
Chickboxer (1992)
- On shelf in video store.
Humanoids from Atlantis (1992)
- A character references the plot and star of this movie.
"Step by Step: Home Alone (#1.14)" (1992)
- title reference
"Nurses: Catch a Fallen Star (#1.19)" (1992)
- The character of a former child star bashes Culkin and makes several references to "Home Alone."
3 Ninjas (1992)
"Seinfeld: The Junior Mint (#4.21)" (1993)
- mentioned several times
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
"The Simpsons: Marge on the Lam (#5.6)" (1993)
- Homer says leaving Bart and Lisa without a babysitter will be like Home Alone and if burglers would come it would turn into a humorous and entertaining situation.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Alien from L.A. (#6.16)" (1993)
- "Home Alone 3"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus (#6.21)" (1993)
- Mike: What is this, Home Alone 3: The Quickening?
Chicken Park (1994)
"The Critic: The Pilot (#1.1)" (1994)
- Jay Sherman reviews Home Alone 5 where Kevin is home alone at age 23.
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Dad, the Angel & Me (1995) (TV)
Nine Months (1995)
Sammy the Screenplay (1997) (V)
- Chris Columbus is referred to as the director of "Home Alone"
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
- There is a poster of it in the first office (Dreamworks office) shown (the addition to be the focus of this movie)
"Home Improvement: Home Alone (#8.14)" (1999)
- title reference
Dogma (1999)
- Serendipity: "the only one of the top 20 highest grossing films" that she did not inspire
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Horrors of Spider Island (#11.11)" (1999)
- Pearl: I didn't mean to leave you home alone (emulates Maculey Caulkin's scream face).
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
"Malcolm in the Middle: Home Alone 4 (#1.3)" (2000)
- title reference
"The Sopranos: House Arrest (#2.11)" (2000)
- Junior mentions the movie and star in conversation.
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Double Whammy (2001)
- It's mentioned that "the kid from Home Alone" could play Ricky Lapinski if they made a movie about the restaurant massacre.
"Undergrads: Identity Crisis (#1.10)" (2001)
- Gimpy tries to convince Nitz that they're a lie to get him to leave his room.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- "Remind me to give me back my copy of Home Alone and King Kong remake back".
'Harry Potter': Behind the Magic (2001) (TV)
Panic Room (2002)
"Futurama: Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV (#5.15)" (2003)
- The Macaulay Culkon robot has the same hands-on-face pose as Macaulay Culkin in this movie.
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Suckers (#4.13)" (2004)
- a CPR dummy is called Macauley (Culkin) because it has an open mouth similar to the character of Kevin
Shooting 'Panic Room' (2004) (V)
- mentionned once
"High Chaparall: (#2.8)" (2004)
- A poster of this movie can be seen in the introduction
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
- mentioned once
Slipstream (2005)
- mentioned directly in dialogue
"The Office: Office Olympics (#2.3)" (2005)
- referenced in dialogue
Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (2005) (TV)
- Referenced on the Hollywood Minute
"Invasion: The Hunt (#1.6)" (2005)
- Mentioned by Dave.
Best Ever Christmas Films (2005) (TV)
- One of the items on the list
"Bo! in the USA: (#1.2)" (2006)
- 5 copies of the poster are scattered around the "The Michael Jackson Show" set.
I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)
- " 'Honey, I'm Home Alone' starring Macaulay Culkin."
"Big Bang: (#1.3)" (2007)
- Referenced in dialogue
"Prison Break: Hell or High Water (#3.12)" (2008)
- Susan B. asked if Lincoln got an idea about using boom-box from "Home Alone"
305 (2008)
- dialogue
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#7.7)" (2008)
- Included in an $8,000 question
"The Simpsons: Double, Double, Boy in Trouble (#20.3)" (2008)
- Macaulay Culkin, in the "Home Alone" screaming pose, is seen at Simon's mansion.
I Bet You (2009)
- Matt paraphrases Buzz's line by saying "in case you haven't noticed we live in the most boring town in the entire United Kingdom"
"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: (#1.11)" (2009)
- Conan visits a warehouse of wax figures and there are figures depicting a scene from Home Alone.
"Jonas: Home Not Alone (#1.15)" (2009)
- Title reference
"The Simpsons: Homer the Whopper (#21.1)" (2009)
- Lyle refers to Homer as "Home Alone."
Features
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
"Tonight!" (1953)
"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) (TV)
Featured in
The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1991) (TV)
- clips
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
A Hollywood Christmas (1996) (V)
- extended clips and brief discussion
Don't Say a Word (2001)
- Don't Say a Word (2001) features a scene from Home Alone (1990)
Michael Jackson's Boys (2005) (TV)
- Macauley Culkin reference
The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005) (TV)
- In the top 100
Best Ever Christmas Films (2005) (TV)
- Clips are shown
"20 to 1: Magnificent Movies (#3.14)" (2006)
- Some clips from this movie are shown when it is the subject of a segment.
"20 to 1: Child Stars: Where Are They Now? (#6.6)" (2008)
- Clips shown in a segment on Macaulay Culkin.
Spoofs
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Spoofed in
"Saturday Night Live: Macaulay Culkin/Tin Machine (#17.7)" (1991)
- Spoofed during cold opening and monologue
The Naked Truth (1992)
"The Simpsons: Homer Alone (#3.15)" (1992)
- title/Homer does the Macauley Culkin scream (from this movie) when he notices that Maggie is missing
Bone Alone (1993) (V)
- similar title/plot
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
- Topper (imitating Macaulay Culkin) says, "I don't think so!"
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Hex and the Single Guy (#4.7)" (1993)
- Carlton is dressed up as Macaulay Culkin and spoofs the Scream-scene from that film.
Fatal Instinct (1993)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
"The Nanny: Schlepped Away (#1.15)" (1994)
- Brighton makes the famous Macaulay Culkin face grabbing pose and scream when he realizes he's been left behind.
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
"The Simpsons: Fear of Flying (#6.11)" (1994)
- the scene with Grampa in the plane
"The Critic: I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show (#2.10)" (1995)
- Jay shows a clip from "Home Alone 5" where Kevin is home alone at age 23
Casper (1995)
Spy Hard (1996)
- The character "McCluckey" is based on Macculley Culkin's character in "Home Alone"
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
"Family Guy: Chitty Chitty Death Bang (#1.3)" (1999)
- When Peter tries to get into the house of bricks when reenacting the story of the 3 little pigs, they defend the house with a can of paint swung on a piece of rope just like in this film.
Idle Hands (1999)
Our Lips Are Sealed (2000)
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) (V)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
- The scene where Tony Valco hits Drew in the head with the shovel is the exact same scenario as when Old Man Murray hits Harry & Marv in the head with a snowshovel
"Robot Chicken: Toy Meets Girl (#1.11)" (2005)
- Anne Frank defeats the Nazis using the same techniques as Kevin in the film
"Drawn Together: Lost in Parking Space: Part One (#3.7)" (2006)
- Clara was acting like Kevin when she woke up alone in a house
"Family Guy: Baby Not on Board (#7.4)" (2008)
- The scene where the Griffin's come home for Stewie is a spoof of the end of Home Alone where Kevin's family come home for him.
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